Maman, Yitzhak (“Habibi”)

Son of Yitzhak and Gracia. He was born in the city of Meknes, Morocco, in November 1928. His father died when the mother was at the beginning of her pregnancy and was born after his father and remained the only son of his mother. In 1958, the family immigrated to Israel, and after studying at the elementary school in the city of his native country, he went on to the elementary school of Kol Israel Haverim, where he worked in tailoring and despite being treated with children and elderly parents, Then he began to work in a locksmith’s shop in Jerusalem, and was loved by all his friends and acquaintances because of the constant smile that was on his face and because of the In his last years of life he took upon himself the care of his mother and his stepfather, and when he went to the army his smile was always on his face and his mother In the Six Day War he was in reserve duty and in the battle that took place in Abu Tor on the second day of the battles, he fell on the 6th of Iyar 5727 (June 6, 1967), leaving a wife and four children. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. In the booklet “One Gray Battalion” his name was immortalized. His memory was mentioned in the bulletin of the Beit Shemesh Local Council.